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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| hardship | /x | Noun, Noun |
| resilience | x/xx | Noun |
| perseverance | xx/x | Noun |
| strife | / | Noun |
| tribulation | xx/x | Noun |
| calamity | x/xx | Noun |
| heartbreak | /x | Noun |
| difficulty | /xxx | Noun |
| fortitude | /xx | Noun |
| crises | /x | Noun |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| setbacks | /x | Noun |
| affliction | x/x | Noun |
| challenges | /xx | Noun |
| misfortune | x/x | Noun |
| persevere | xx/ | Verb |
| discouragement | x/xx | Noun |
| turmoil | /x | Noun |
| stoicism | /xxx | Noun |
| triumphs | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ordeals | x/ | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun |
| sorrow | /x | Noun |
| resiliency | x/xx | Noun |
| tenacity | x/xx | Noun |
| obstacles | /xx | Noun |
| unpleasantness | x/xx | Noun |
| negativity | xx/xx | Noun |
| courage | /x | Noun |
| enduring | x/x | Adjective |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| injustice | x/x | Noun |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| steadfastness | /xx | Noun |
| grief | / | Noun |
| tumult | /x | Noun |
| disappointments | xx/x | Noun |
| troubles | /x | Noun |
| peril | /x | Noun |
| dejection | x/x | Noun |
| stressors | /x | Noun |
| ugliness | /xx | Noun |
| bravery | /xx | Noun |
| overcoming | /xxx | Verb |
| optimism | /xxx | Noun |
| strength | / | Noun |
| illness | /x | Noun |
| hopelessness | /xx | Noun |
| upheaval | x/x | Noun |
| despair | x/ | Noun |
| tragedy | /xx | Noun |
| success | x/ | Noun |
| greatness | /x | Noun |
| disasters | x/x | Noun |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| equanimity | xx/xx | Noun |
| cheerfulness | /xx | Noun |
| turbulence | /xx | Noun |
| life | / | Noun |
| unconquerable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| exertion | x/x | Noun |
| devastation | xx/x | Noun |
| heroism | /xxx | Noun |
| humility | x/xx | Noun |
| distress | x/ | Noun |
| frailty | /x | Noun |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| prosperity | x/xx | Noun |
| successes | x/x | Noun |
| uncertainty | x/xx | Noun |
| travails | x/ | Noun |
| sadness | /x | Noun |
| circumstance | /xx | Noun |
| struggles | /x | Noun |
| depression | x/x | Noun |
| despondency | x/xx | Noun |
| hopefulness | /xx | Noun |
| storms | / | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| harshness | /x | Noun |
| fearlessness | /xx | Noun |
| surmounting | x/x | Verb |
| downturns | /x | Noun |
| unrest | x/ | Noun |
| persistence | x/x | Noun |
| unpredictability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| destitution | /xxx | Noun |
| catastrophe | x/xx | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| stress | / | Noun |
| temptations | x/x | Noun |
| grace | / | Noun |
| unshaken | x/x | Adjective |
| privations | x/x | Noun |
| victorious | x/xx | Adjective |
| aggression | x/x | Noun |
| unkindness | x/x | Noun |
| endurance | /xx | Noun |
| toil | / | Noun |
| hostility | x/xx | Noun |
| anxiety | x/xx | Noun |
| frustration | x/x | Noun |
| gloom | / | Noun |
| meanness | /x | Noun |
| ingenuity | xx/xx | Noun |
| bleakness | /x | Noun |
| intolerance | x/xx | Noun |
| sickness | /x | Noun |
| vigour | // | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun |
| loneliness | /xx | Noun |
| duress | /x | Noun |
| unfairness | x/x | Noun |
| irregularity | xxx/xx | Noun |
| vulnerability | xxx/xx | Noun |
| conditionality | xxx/xx | Noun |
| inevitability | xxxx/xx | Noun |
| policymaking | /xxxx | Verb |
| chastened | /x | Verb |
| steeled | / | Verb |
| rebound | x/ | Verb |
| wheaton | /x | Name |
| befalls | x/ | Verb |
| bounce | / | Verb |
| coped | / | Verb |
| aboriginal | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| abrasive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| accident | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| acoustic | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| acoustical | x/xx | Adjective |
| acquired | x/x | Adjective |
| added | /x | Verb |
| addictive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective |
| aerodynamic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| affective | x/x | Adjective |
| afghan | /x | Adjective, Name |
| afrikaner | xx/x | Name |
| albanian | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| amerindian | xx/xx | Adjective, Name |
| antagonism | x/xxx | Noun |
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| compensating | /xxx | Verb |
| coolness | /x | Noun |
| embarrassment | x/xx | Noun |
| evil | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| extremity | x/xx | Noun |
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| ill | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| inbred | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| inherent | x/x | Adjective |
| knot | / | Noun, Verb |
| nadir | /x | Noun, Verb |
| need | / | Verb, Noun |
| patiently | /xx | Adverb |
| plight | / | Noun, Verb |
| predicament | x/xx | Noun |
| unhappiness | x/xx | Noun |
| woe | / | Noun, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| sorta | /x | Adverb |
| anymore | xx/ | Adverb |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
